Maths and English Sample Questions and Answers

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The English prociency test consists of 25 questions taken from the Kumon English programme levels A to I.

You will have a maximum of 40 minutes to complete the test and successful candidates will show goodprociency in their use of grammar, punctuation, spelling and reading skills. Here are some examples of the

type of questions contained in the test. (Please note that there are only 22 examples here)

ENGLISH SAMPLE TEST QUESTIONS

Kumon Europe and AfricaApril 2012


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1. Read the sentence and write the subject and predicate in the correct box.

The ice melts.

2. Write the sentence correctly using all the words from the brackets.

[poems / like / I / to read ]

3. Read the story and then complete the exercise.

True or false?


Number the sentences in the order of the story.


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LEVEL A1

LEVEL A1

LEVEL AII

LEVEL AII

SUBJECT PREDICATE

Then one day he found a conch shell. It was shaped like a pear, brown on the

outside and orange inside.

Thats a very special shell, said his father.

If you put it against your ear, you can hear the sea inside.

The shell was shaped like a fan.

It is not a special shell.

Old Tom got up very VERY early. He took the bucket and the stool and set out to

nd Belinda.

Belinda was chewing in the far corner of the paddock.

Belinda was chewing in the paddock.

Tom set out to nd Belinda.

Tom got up very early.


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5. Complete the table.

6. Complete the sentence using the correct word from the brackets.

[superb / superbly]

The young artist drew .

7. Rewrite the second sentence so that it means the same as the rst sentence.

Alex runs marathons rapidly.

Alex is a .

8. Complete the sentences by selecting the correct words from the brackets.

[feeding is feeds fed are am has]

The animals brushed and by Diane.

I my baby sister.

9. Complete the passage with the correct sentences below by writing the correct letter in the

brackets.

A. Many retired persons receive income from the government

B. Income refers only to money that comes in

C. It is possible for a person with great wealth to have very little income

10. Combine the sentences into one sentence.

This year we studied different cultures. The cultures were from around the world.

.

LEVEL B1

LEVEL B1

LEVEL C1

LEVEL C1

LEVEL D1

LEVEL D1

Although it may sound strange, wealth and income are not the same. Wealth

refers to a persons possessions and savings, but [ ]. Working people

receive income from their jobs, while [ ]. Retired persons may also receive

income from the companies they used to work for. [ ]. It is also possible for

someone with great income to have very little wealth.

Present Past

fry

understood

tear




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11. Read the passage and then tick the correct box.

The passage is mostly about

[ ] the Fool nding good food in his bag.

[ ] the old man nding cooked meats.

[ x] the black crusts turning into white rolls.

12. Read the main idea and the passage. Then complete the passage using words from

the main idea.

Main idea:Katrins parents are poor but hardworking and proud people from Norway.

Katrins are from , a country in northern Europe.

Like so many otherEuropeans of their time, they came to the United States

and Canada for a better life. Although they are , they are poor. Still, they are

too not to pay something toward Dagmars operation.

13. Read the paragraphs. Then put them in their correct order by numbering them 1, 2, or 3

in the brackets.

[2 ] After completing the hook, Sam tries digging for worms to use as bait. He strikes the ground

with his axe and hits frost. Sam is surprised that the ground is so frozen in the month of May.

[3 ] Sam trudges through a hemlock forest until he comes to a stream. Using only a penknife,

a twig and some green bark, he prepares a shing hook.

[1 ] Fortunately, Sam nds shing bait elsewhere. After accidentally knocking a rotten log apart,

he remembers that many insects sleep inside the wood. Sam cuts away at the log and nds

a white grub.

LEVEL DII

LEVEL DII

LEVEL DII

The Fool of the World opened his bag, and could hardly believe his eyes.

Instead of black crusts he saw fresh white rolls and cooked meats. He

handed them out to the ancient, who said, You see how God loves simple

folk. Although your own mother does not love you, you have not been done

out of your share of the good things. Lets have a sip of the corn brandy




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14. Read the passage. Then complete gaps 1-4 in the chart with information from the passage.

15. Rewrite the sentence as indirect speech.

She commented, The speech can be more effective.

16. Choose the word from the box which corresponds to each denition below.

a tassel in a curtain

mufe

17. Insert the appropriate words from the passage into the blank spaces beside

each denition.

LEVEL E1

LEVEL E1

LEVEL E1

LEVEL E1

Manufacturing industries make products in factories. Some of these products

are for consumers and some are for producers. Clothes are consumer

products, because we buy clothes directly. Cloth, however, is a producer

product. Producers purchase cloth in order to make clothes for consumers to

buy.

Clothing is considered a basic product because everyone needs clothing.

However, today we also manufacture many advanced producer products

such as computer chips. Computer chips are used in making personal

computers, an advanced consumer product.

Producer products Cloth 1. Computer

2.

products3. 4.

computers

aghast bobble draught grating stie take on

Cars

Every day millions of people use cars to transport themselves to work or

school. Once luxury items for the very rich, early cars were crude machines

that could only travel at a few miles per hour. Technical advances have made

cars easy to use, fast and efcient, and manufacturing techniques have made

it possible for many people to own cars.

Some of the emissions from cars, however, have led to environment

problems. Efcient engines that inject fuel, and innovations in electric cars,

are part of an ongoing effort to reduce the pollution found in engine exhaust.

rough; unnished; unrened:

waste gas produced by an engine:




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18. Using information from the boxed passage, complete the condensed passage below.

The river was like a that chased and chuckled, and

gripped and caught playmates.

19. Circle the synonym or antonym of the word given in bold at the beginning of each sentence.

Revealed

And Passepartouts famous family watch, which had always kept London Time, would have

betrayed this fact, if it had marked the days as well as the hours and the minutes.

Increased

In journeying eastward he had gone towards the sun, and the days therefore diminished for him as

many times four minutes as he crossed degrees in this direction.

Worn

There was clearly nothing left to do but op down on the shabby little couch and howl.

20. Read the passage and mark the box next to the sentence that best represents the theme

of the passage.

[ x] Ambulances carry various emergency equipment.

[ ] Paramedics attend to patients in ambulances on the way to the hospital.

[ ] Paramedics often wear oxygen masks at accidents.

21. Decide whether each of the following sentences is fact or opinion.

Circle the correct word.

The Nile and Amazon are the longest rivers in the world. Fact Opinion

One light year equals approximately 5,880,000,000,000 miles. Fact Opinion

Mexican food is too spicy. . Fact Opinion

LEVEL EII

LEVEL FI

LEVEL FII

LEVEL FII

Paramedics are highly trained professionals who staff ambulances. They

provide patients with emergency treatment on the way to the hospital from the

accident. By using bandages, oxygen masks, resuscitators, and medications,

they can often save lives during transportation to the hospital.

Never in his life had he seen a river beforethis sleek, sinuous, full-bodied

animal, chasing and chuckling, gripping things with a gurgle and leaving them

with a laugh, to ing itself on fresh playmates that shook themselves free, and

were caught and held again. All was a-shake and a-shiverglints and gleams

and sparkles, rustle and swirl, chatter and bubble.




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22. Read the passage and then answer the questions.

How does the writer attempt to persuade the reader that Texans are friendly?

How does the writer create an image of Houston as a glamorous and sophisticated city?

LEVEL I

The Western Gateway states are alive with action, fun and surprises.

Enter the world of Texas oil and snakeskin boots, cowboys on horseback

and space exploration, professional sports, cooling mountain lakes, and

the birthplace of the blues.

Texas

Welcome to the giant state of Texas, where everything seems larger than

lifefrom cities, parks ranches and oil eld to the Texans generous ways

with friendship and hospitality. Spend some time in Houston, a bustling city

with ne shops, smart hotels and restaurants, the opera, ballet, golf courses

and swimming pools. Houston is also the home of the 66,000-seat, 66-meter-

tall Astrodome, a modern, covered stadium where professional football andbaseball games are held. Just 40 kilometres away, youll nd the future at the

Lyndon B. Johnson Space Centre. See Mission Control Centre, samples of

the moons surface, the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo spacecraft, a lunar roving

vehicle, and much more.




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The English prociency test consists of 25 questions taken from the Kumon English programme levels A to I.

You will have a maximum of 40 minutes to complete the test and successful candidates will show goodprociency in their use of grammar, punctuation, spelling and reading skills. Here are some examples of the

type of questions contained in the test. (Please note that there are only 22 examples here)

ENGLISH SAMPLE TEST ANSWERS



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1. Read the sentence and write the subject and predicate in the correct box.

The ice melts.

2. Write the sentence correctly using all the words from the brackets.

[poems / like / I / to read ]

I like to read poems.


True or false?


Number the sentences in the order of the story.



2

LEVEL A1

LEVEL A1

LEVEL AII

LEVEL AII

SUBJECT

The ice

PREDICATE

melts

Then one day he found a conch shell. It was shaped like a pear, brown on the

outside and orange inside.

Thats a very special shell, said his father.

If you put it against your ear, you can hear the sea inside.

False The shell was shaped like a fan.

False It is not a special shell.

Old Tom got up very VERY early. He took the bucket and the stool and set out to

nd Belinda.

Belinda was chewing in the far corner of the paddock.

3 Belinda was chewing in the paddock.

2 Tom set out to nd Belinda.

1 Tom got up very early.


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5. Complete the table.

6. Complete the sentence using the correct word from the brackets.

[superb / superbly]

The young artist drew superbly.

7. Rewrite the second sentence so that it means the same as the rst sentence.

Alex runs marathons rapidly.

Alex is arapid marathon runner.

8. Complete the sentences by selecting the correct words from the brackets.

[feeding is feeds fed are am has]

The animalsarebrushed and fedby Diane.

Iam feedingmy baby sister.

9. Complete the passage with the correct sentences below by writing the correct letter in the

brackets.

A. Many retired persons receive income from the government

B. Income refers only to money that comes in

C. It is possible for a person with great wealth to have very little income

10. Combine the sentences into one sentence.

This year we studied different cultures. The cultures were from around the world.

This year we studied different cultures from around the world.

LEVEL B1

LEVEL B1

LEVEL C1

LEVEL C1

LEVEL D1

LEVEL D1

Although it may sound strange, wealth and income are not the same. Wealth

refers to a persons possessions and savings, but [B]. Working people

receive income from their jobs, while [A]. Retired persons may also receive

income from the companies they used to work for. [ C]. It is also possible for

someone with great income to have very little wealth.

Present Past

fry fried

understand understood

tear tore




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11. Read the passage and then tick the correct box.

The passage is mostly about

[X] the Fool nding good food in his bag.

[ ] the old man nding cooked meats.

[ x] the black crusts turning into white rolls.

12. Read the main idea and the passage. Then complete the passage using words from

the main idea.

Main idea:Katrins parents are poor but hardworking and proud people from Norway.

Katrinsparentsare fromNorway,a country in northern Europe. Like so many other Europeans of

their time, they came to the United States and Canada for a better life. Although they are

hardworking,they are poor. Still, they are tooproudnot to pay something toward Dagmars

operation.

13. Read the paragraphs. Then put them in their correct order by numbering them 1, 2, or 3

in the brackets.

[2] After completing the hook, Sam tries digging for worms to use as bait. He strikes the ground

with his axe and hits frost. Sam is surprised that the ground is so frozen in the month of May.

[ 1] Sam trudges through a hemlock forest until he comes to a stream. Using only a penknife,

a twig and some green bark, he prepares a shing hook.

[3] Fortunately, Sam nds shing bait elsewhere. After accidentally knocking a rotten log apart,

he remembers that many insects sleep inside the wood. Sam cuts away at the log and nds

a white grub.

LEVEL DII

LEVEL DII

LEVEL DII

The Fool of the World opened his bag, and could hardly believe his eyes.

Instead of black crusts he saw fresh white rolls and cooked meats. He

handed them out to the ancient, who said, You see how God loves simple

folk. Although your own mother does not love you, you have not been done

out of your share of the good things. Lets have a sip of the corn brandy




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14. Read the passage. Then complete gaps 1-4 in the chart with information from the passage.

15. Rewrite the sentence as indirect speech.

She commented, The speech can be more effective.

She commented that the speech could be more effective.

16. Choose the word from the box which corresponds to each denition below.

a tassel in a curtain bobble

mufe stie

17. Insert the appropriate words from the passage into the blank spaces beside

each denition.

LEVEL E1

LEVEL E1

LEVEL E1

LEVEL E1

Manufacturing industries make products in factories. Some of these products

are for consumers and some are for producers. Clothes are consumer

products, because we buy clothes directly. Cloth, however, is a producer

product. Producers purchase cloth in order to make clothes for consumers to

buy.

Clothing is considered a basic product because everyone needs clothing.

However, today we also manufacture many advanced producer products

such as computer chips. Computer chips are used in making personal

computers, an advanced consumer product.

Producer products Cloth 1. Computer chips

2.Consumer

products

3. Clothes 4.personal

computers

aghast bobble draught grating stie take on

Cars

Every day millions of people use cars to transport themselves to work or

school. Once luxury items for the very rich, early cars were crude machines

that could only travel at a few miles per hour. Technical advances have made

cars easy to use, fast and efcient, and manufacturing techniques have made

it possible for many people to own cars.

Some of the emissions from cars, however, have led to environment

problems. Efcient engines that inject fuel, and innovations in electric cars,

are part of an ongoing effort to reduce the pollution found in engine exhaust.

rough; unnished; unrened: crude

waste gas produced by an engine: exhaust (or emissions)




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18. Using information from the boxed passage, complete the condensed passage below.

The river was like asleek, sinuous, full-bodied animalthat chased and chuckled, and

gripped and caught playmates.

19. Circle the synonym or antonym of the word given in bold at the beginning of each sentence.

Revealed

And Passepartouts famous family watch, which had always kept London Time, would have

betrayedthis fact, if it had marked the days as well as the hours and the minutes.

Increased

In journeying eastward he had gone towards the sun, and the days therefore diminishedfor him as

many times four minutes as he crossed degrees in this direction.

Worn

There was clearly nothing left to do but op down on theshabbylittle couch and howl.

20. Read the passage and mark the box next to the sentence that best represents the theme

of the passage.

[X] Ambulances carry various emergency equipment.

[X] Paramedics attend to patients in ambulances on the way to the hospital.

[X] Paramedics often wear oxygen masks at accidents.

21. Decide whether each of the following sentences is fact or opinion.

Circle the correct word.

The Nile and Amazon are the longest rivers in the world. Fact Opinion

One light year equals approximately 5,880,000,000,000 miles. Fact Opinion

Mexican food is too spicy. . Fact Opinion

LEVEL EII

LEVEL FI

LEVEL FII

LEVEL FII

Paramedics are highly trained professionals who staff ambulances. They

provide patients with emergency treatment on the way to the hospital from the

accident. By using bandages, oxygen masks, resuscitators, and medications,

they can often save lives during transportation to the hospital.

Never in his life had he seen a river beforethis sleek, sinuous, full-bodied

animal, chasing and chuckling, gripping things with a gurgle and leaving them

with a laugh, to ing itself on fresh playmates that shook themselves free, and

were caught and held again. All was a-shake and a-shiverglints and gleams

and sparkles, rustle and swirl, chatter and bubble.




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22. Read the passage and then answer the questions.

How does the writer attempt to persuade the reader that Texans are friendly?

The writer states that Texans are generous with friendship and hospitality.

How does the writer create an image of Houston as a glamorous and sophisticated city?

The writer describes Houston as a bustling city with fne shops, smart hotels and

restaurants, the opera, ballet, golf courses and swimming pools.

LEVEL I

The Western Gateway states are alive with action, fun and surprises.

Enter the world of Texas oil and snakeskin boots, cowboys on horseback

and space exploration, professional sports, cooling mountain lakes, and

the birthplace of the blues.

Texas

Welcome to the giant state of Texas, where everything seems larger than

lifefrom cities, parks ranches and oil eld to the Texans generous ways

with friendship and hospitality. Spend some time in Houston, a bustling city

with ne shops, smart hotels and restaurants, the opera, ballet, golf courses

and swimming pools. Houston is also the home of the 66,000-seat, 66-meter-

tall Astrodome, a modern, covered stadium where professional football andbaseball games are held. Just 40 kilometres away, youll nd the future at the

Lyndon B. Johnson Space Centre. See Mission Control Centre, samples of

the moons surface, the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo spacecraft, a lunar roving

vehicle, and much more.




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MATHS SAMPLE TEST QUESTIONS

The maths prociency test consists of 25 questions taken from the Kumon maths programme levels A to I.

Candidates will have a maximum of 40 minutes to complete the test and they will need to show goodprociency in their use of basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, algebra and solving

equations. Here are some examples of the type of questions contained in the test. No calculators are to be

used in this test.



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1. 18 + 9 =

2. 14 - 9 =

3. + 3 9 9

+ 4 0 2

+

4. + 8 3 5

- 5 9 5

+

5. 72 8 =

6. 3 618

7. + 4 0 6

x 3 8

8. 273 8176



2

Calculate the following expressions.

LEVEL A

ANSWER

LEVEL A

ANSWER

LEVEL B

ANSWER

LEVEL B

ANSWER

LEVEL C

ANSWER

LEVEL C

ANSWER

LEVEL D

ANSWER

LEVEL D

ANSWERr


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9. 4 5

7 2=

10.

11. +

12. + 2 x 1 2 =

13. 1.25 2 =

14.

2 2.8 =

15. +

3

3

4

3

5+ =

3

8

5

8- =7 6

1

7

1

3

3

4

5

6- -6 1 1

2=

5

6




Reduce the following fraction to the lowest form:

LEVEL D

ANSWER

LEVEL E

ANSWER

LEVEL E

ANSWER

LEVEL E

ANSWER

LEVEL E

ANSWER

LEVEL F

ANSWER

LEVEL E

ANSWER


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16.

17.

18. +

19. - (-2) + (-0.93) =

4

1

3

2

5

3

10- +6 2

2

15

7

17

11

152 1 =

=

2

13

7

20

1

8-1 x 1

128 2 =

-

1

1



LEVEL F

ANSWER

LEVEL F

ANSWER

LEVEL F

ANSWER

LEVEL G

ANSWER


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20. 4x+ 9 = -3

21. (-3a+ b) + (-2a+ 5b) =

22. 2(3x- 4) = 3x - 11

23. - 10 = x+ 5

5

x

3

2

3



LEVEL G

ANSWER

LEVEL G

ANSWER

LEVEL G

ANSWER

LEVEL G

ANSWER

Solve the following equation.

Solve each equation below.

Simplify the following expression.


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24. 10x+ 3y= 27

3x- 5y= 73

25. x2- 6x- 7 = 0

6



Solve the equation

LEVEL H

ANSWER

LEVEL I

ANSWER

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MATHS SAMPLE TEST ANSWERS

The maths prociency test consists of 25 questions taken from the Kumon maths programme levels A to I.

Candidates will have a maximum of 40 minutes to complete the test and they will need to show goodprociency in their use of basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, algebra and solving

equations. Here are some examples of the type of questions contained in the test.


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2

1. 18 + 9 = 27

2. 14 - 9 = 5

3. + 3 9 9

+ 4 0 2

+ 8 0 1

4. + 8 3 5

- 5 9 5

+ 2 4 0

5. 72 8 = 9

6.

206

3 618

7. + 4 0 6

x 3 8

15428

8. 29 r 259

273 8176

LEVEL A

LEVEL A

LEVEL B

LEVEL B

LEVEL C

LEVEL C

LEVEL D

LEVEL D

If 29 with wrong remainder, point.

If decimal or fraction, no penalty.



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9. 4 5

7 2=

10.

11. +

12. + 2 x 12 = 34

13. 1.25 2 =

14.

2 2.8 =

15. +

3

5

8

3

4

3

5

7

20+ = 1

3

8

5

8

3

4- =7 6

1

7

7

12

5

6

1

3

3

4

5

6

5

12- - 46 1 1

2=

5

6



Calculate the following expressions. (If answer is not in mixed number format, no penalty)

Reduce the following fraction to the lowest form:

LEVEL D

LEVEL E

LEVEL E

LEVEL E

LEVEL E

LEVEL F

LEVEL E


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16.

17.

18. +

19. - (-2) + (-0.93) = 1.07

4

1

3

2

5

3

10- +6 2

2

15

7

17

11

152 1 = 7

9

= 7

30

2

13

7

20

1

8-1 x 1

128 2 = 21

26

-

1 5

1



LEVEL F

LEVEL F

LEVEL F

LEVEL G


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20. 4x+ 9 = -3

x= -3

21. (-3a+ b) + (-2a+ 5b) = -5a + 6b

22. 2(3x- 4) = 3x - 11

x= -1

23. - 10 = x+ 5

x= -45

5

x

3

2

3



Solve each equation below (if incorrect sign, 1/2 point).

Solve the following equation (if incorrect sign, 1/2 point).

LEVEL G

LEVEL G

LEVEL G

LEVEL G

Simplify the following expression (if incorrect sign, 1/2 point).


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24. 10x+ 3y= 27

3x- 5y= 73

(x, y) = (6, -11)

Many ways to begin problem, but you could eliminate x-term or solve by substitution.

25. x2- 6x- 7 = 0

x= 7, -1



Solve the equations (if incorrect sign, 1/2 point).

LEVEL H

LEVEL I

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